BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The use of a pneumatic tourniquet can induce muscular and neurological complications in the operated limb. The genesis of these injuries could involve an ischaemia/reperfusion phenomenon and a compression under the cuff. We evaluated effects of an antioxidant, acetylcysteine and ischaemic preconditioning on the rhabdomyolysis and postoperative pain following a knee liga...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluated synovial and systemic plasma pharmacokinetic variables of marbofloxacin after a single intravenous regional limb perfusion (IVRLP) performed using two different tourniquets in clinically healthy, standing, non-sedated dairy cows. The authors hypothesised that the type of tourniquet used for IVRLP would influence the synovial fluid concentration of marbofloxacin i...

BACKGROUND Arrhythmias resulting in cardiac arrest during electroconvulsive therapy have been reported. Most reported cases of cardiac arrest had asystole as the initial rhythm. Pulseless electrical activity as an initial rhythm of cardiac arrest during electroconvulsive therapy has never been reported. Also, thromboembolism after inflation of pneumatic tourniquet during lower limb surgery has ...

PURPOSE A pneumatic tourniquet is commonly used in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to improve surgical field visualisation but may result in quadriceps muscle ischaemia. We performed this study to analyse the effect of the tourniquet on recovery following TKA. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective randomised single-blinded trial was undertaken to examine the effect of the tourniquet on post-opera...

We studied perioperative pain and postoperative neurological changes after surgery for hallux valgus in 50 patients operated on under local ankle block. Patients were randomised to have the pneumatic tourniquet either at calf level or just above the ankle. The cuffs were inflated to 100 mmHg above systolic blood pressure. One patient was withdrawn from the study after randomisation. Areas of pa...

surgery. It has been found to be a very safe device and the incidence of major complications associated with its use is as low as 1:13,000. Skin damage is a rare complication associated with the use of a pneumatic tourniquet. A few cases of chemical burns have been reported due to the use of alcohol based preparations, but friction burns due to the use of a tourniquet in a healthy person with n...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate through the visual analog scale (VAS) the pain in patients undergoing total knee replacement (TKR) with different pressures of the pneumatic tourniquet. METHODS An observational, randomized, descriptive study on an analytical basis, with 60 patients who underwent TKR, divided into two groups, which were matched: a group where TKR was performed with tourniquet pressures ...

This study investigated the appropriate tourniquet pressure (TP) and duration of tourniquet application for venipuncture by calculating the venous cross-section (VCS) area on ultrasonography. Twenty healthy volunteers without cardiovascular risk factors were enrolled in this study. A target vein (either a cephalic or median cubital vein) was selected on ultrasonography. The pneumatic tourniquet...